MYP2 Lesson 12&13

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MYP2 Lesson 12&13

Why should we read women's literature?

Read the following text:

Can literature give women a voice?

Work on this Activity as well

link to the video

Why should we read women's literature?

Can literature give women a voice?

Activity: Mirman Baheer

Have you read or seen "The Handmaid's Tale" ?

1. Yes
2. No

Had you heard of Malala Yousafzai, before reading the text?

1. Yes
2. No

Mirman Baheer

1.  " It's the women's movement from the inside. It's a form of rebellion.

2. They are written collectively. No one woman writes them. You hear one, you share one. Pass them on.

3. They could get beaten or even killed

4.  Love, Death, Forced marriage, confront men

5. It's women's movement from within. To rebel against men.

Amanda Gorman

"The Hill We Climb"

FLIRT - Interpreting Poetry

F = Form

L = Language

I = Imagery

R = Rhythm & Rhyme

T = Tone

Poetry and Pain

1. Use the Internet to find some information about the author and the context surrounding the poems. Consider when they were written and what was going on in the women's lives and in the world around them.

2.  What is the message the poem is trying to convey?

4. What type of pain is being expressed in the poem?

Who is Waris Shah?

What is the meaning of the poem?

What type of pain is being expressed?

Poetry and Pain

1. Use the Internet to find some information about the author and the context surrounding the poems. Consider when they were written and what was going on in the women's lives and in the world around them.

2.  What is the message the poem is trying to convey?

4. What type of pain is being expressed in the poem?

Analyse some more poems

Group 1: In the Glass Coffin (link)

Group 2: To a Wreath of Snow (link)

Group 3: Sweet Torture (link)

Poetry and Pain

3. Compare and Contrast the poems. What connections can you identify? How do they differ?